Camden Lock

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Camden Lock.

Camden Lock, or Hampstead Road Lock is a twin manually-operated lock on the Regent's Canal in Camden Town, London, England.

It is located in the London Borough of Camden and is sandwiched between the junction of Chalk Farm Road and Camden High Street, before the turning of James Town Road.

In the immediate area is Camden Market, which is sometimes called "Camden Lock" or "Camden Lock Market". Tourists are attracted by the market and the various live music venues surrounding it, as well as by the atmosphere of the area and the possibility of walks on the canalside towpath. The square beside the lock features a large cut-steel sculpture by English artist Edward Dutkiewicz.

[edit] Cultural references

Camden Lock is one of many landmarks in this area of London to have a corresponding structure underground in the novel The Horn of Mortal Danger (1980).
The main spaceship in the British television science fiction sitcom Hyperdrive is called HMS Camden Lock.
The Italian band Modena City Ramblers wrote a song Notturno, Camden Lock, with a lyric relating to Camden town where one of the band members lived.
The Russian band Aquarium (group) mentions Camden Lock in its song Garson #2
Kate Winslet appeared in a television commercial for American Express, strolling around Camden Lock.